Akira Japanese Cuisine Menu

Name: Akira Japanese Cuisine
Telephone: (212) 989-8880
Price range: $

(212) 989-8880

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8570 West Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069

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Dinner

Antojitos

Empanadas or Crab Turnovers (3)

Corn masa turnover filled with jumbo lump crab, served with fruit pico de gallo and avocado-tomatillo salsa

Flautas or Rolled Crispy Chicken Tacos (3)

Covered in two salsas, artisanal pasilla de oaxaca and salsa verde, queso fresco and mexican sour cream

Tortilla Soup

Rich pasilla broth, grilled chicken, tortillas and cheese

Layered Duck Tortilla Pie

Roasted pulled duck layered between soft corn tortillas and topped with yellow pepper-habanero cream sauce

Melted Chihuahua Cheese Fondue

Chorizo and peppers rajas burns farms fresh huitlacoche and poblano peppers

Caesar Salad

A tijuana classic with crisp whole romaine lettuce, roasted red peppers and chile croutons, tossed in jalapeno-parmesan dressing

Pork Belly Nachos

Crispy tortillas topped with pork belly, black beans, serrano chiles, guacamole and chihuahua cheese

Mariscos

Grilled Fish Skillet Style

Grilled white fish marinated in achiote, orange and garlic. Topped with habanero-lime marinated onions.

Crab Enchiladas

Zarape-style filled with jumbo lump crab, cilantro and onion, served between two crispy corn tortillas and smothered in a creamy, tangy tomatillo cream sauce. Served with refried black beans.

Salmon with Tropical Fruit Mole

Grilled natural salmon filet with black beans, zucchini and roasted corn. Served over a mole of ancho chiles and tropical fruits.

Shrimp Brochette

Skewered and grilled mexican wild shrimp served over house rice with a traditional veracruz sauce of roasted tomatoes, jalapeno and capers.

Guacamole

Guacamole en Molcajete

guacamole with avocado, jalapeno, tomato, onion and cilantro. Served with tortilla chips, salsa pasilla de Oaxaca and salsa de tomatillo y habanero. Single serves 2-3, double serves 4-6

Carnes

Crispy Pork Shank

Slow-braised carnitas-style with chipotle-creamed spinach and red bean-chorizo chili.

All-Natural Skirt Steak Skillet Style

Marinated sliced skirt steak served over Chihuahua cheese with grilled Mexican street corn, chorizo chili and warm corn tortillas.

Mixed Grill Brochette

Grilled filet mignon, chorizo sausage, tomatoes and serrano peppers, served over herbed brown rice with tomatillo and tomato-chipotle sauces.

All-Natural Filet Mignon with Wild Mushrooms

A Rosa classic of two filet mignon medallions served with a wild-mushroom tequila cream sauce, sauteed cactus paddle and pasilla chile.

Slow-Braised Short Ribs

Tequila and beer-marinated boneless short ribs served over house rice with a smoky tomatillo-tomato-chipotle sauce, and topped with tri-colored roasted peppers.

Pollo

Grilled Chicken Breast Skillet Style

With slow-cooked peppers, chihuahua cheese, grilled mexican street corn, chorizo chili and warm corn tortillas.

Chicken Tortilla Pie

Baked soft corn tortillas layered with pulled roasted chicken and chihuahua cheese, with poblano pepper cream sauce.

Enchiladas

Chicken Enchiladas

A famous swiss recipe from mexico. Pulled chicken rolled in soft corn tortillas and topped with a tomatillo cream sauce. Served with refried black beans.

Cheese Enchiladas

Delicious melted chihuahua cheese in folded corn tortillas, smothered in mexican roasted tomato sauce. Served with refried black beans.

Beef Enchiladas

Pulled beef short ribs with tomatoes and chipotle, rolled in corn tortillas and smothered in veracruz mole de xico. Served with refried black beans.

Tacos

3 handcrafted artisanal tacos with vegetable escabeche.

Baja Fish

Line-caught crispy local fish, house made slaw, jalapeno tartar sauce. Flour tortilla

Pork Belly and Scallops

Diver scallops, pork belly, spicy orange-habanero salsa.

Duck Tinga

Slow-roasted duck, rocket greens, pear and guajillo chile salsa, citrus pico de gallo.

Seasonal Vegetables

Local roasted vegetables over yucatan macadamia nut poc chuc.

Sides

Fried Plantains

With queso fresco and crema.

Creamed Chipotle Spinach

With mushrooms.

Red Bean Chorizo Chili

Made with toasted guajillo and chipotle chiles and chorizo. Topped with pico de gallo and crema.

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